Jeremy Smith, An Historical Study of English: Function, Form and Change
ISBN: 0415132738 | edition 1996 | PDF | 194 pages | 3 mb
ISBN: 0415132738 | edition 1996 | PDF | 194 pages | 3 mb
Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. He proposes that internal linguistic mechanisms for language change cannot be meaningfully explained in isolation or without reference to external linguistic factors. <BR> Smith provides the reader with an accessible synthesis of recent developments in English historical linguistics.